Microbiology of the space shuttle water system

Water Science and Technology

Volumn 35, Issue 11-12, 1997, Pages 59-64

  Koenig, D W ^a   Pierson, D L ^a  

^a NASA JOHNSON SPACE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Biofilm; Burkholderia cepacia; Microbiology; Potable water; Spacecraft

Indexed keywords

BURKHOLDERIA CEPACIA; BURKHOLDERIA PICKETTII; WASTE LINES;

BIOFILMS; POTABLE WATER; SPACE SHUTTLES; STANDARDS; WATER QUALITY; WATER SUPPLY SYSTEMS;

WATER BACTERIOLOGY;

DRINKING WATER;

BACILLUS; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; BIOFILM; BURKHOLDERIA CEPACIA; CONFERENCE PAPER; MICROBIOLOGY; SPACE FLIGHT; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER QUALITY; WATER SAMPLING; WATER STANDARD;

NASA CENTER JSC; NASA DISCIPLINE ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH;

FLIGHT EXPERIMENT; MANNED; SHORT DURATION; STS SHUTTLE PROJECT;

BACILLUS; BIOFILMS; BURKHOLDERIA; BURKHOLDERIA CEPACIA; DISINFECTANTS; IODINE; SPACE FLIGHT; SPACECRAFT; WATER MICROBIOLOGY; WATER PURIFICATION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BURKHOLDERIA; BURKHOLDERIA CEPACIA; RALSTONIA PICKETTII;

EID: 0030850455     PISSN: 02731223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S0273-1223(97)00235-7     Document Type: Conference Paper

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